Generalized moving text region detection for broken text recovery

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including:
• receiving content for presentation on a display;
• obtaining a plurality of image patches from the content, wherein each image patch is segmented from a bottom and horizontal-center portion of a sub-sampled grayscale image of a frame of the content;
• applying a searching algorithm to the plurality of image patches to detect a region of interest of moving text in the content without prior detection of one or more characters within a moving text region and without training the searching algorithm, wherein the searching algorithm utilizes a first set of features and a second set of features to detect the region of interest with respect to a vertical axis and a horizontal axis of the display, respectively, and the first set of features is based on a peak point determined from averaged vertical edge signals;
• and
• correcting one or more visual artifacts in the region of interest, wherein the one or more visual artifacts include broken text.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium that includes a program that when executed by a processor performs a method comprising:

• receiving content for presentation on a display;
• obtaining a plurality of image patches from the content, wherein each image patch is segmented from a bottom and horizontal-center portion of a sub-sampled grayscale image of a frame of the content;
• applying a searching algorithm to the plurality of image patches to detect a region of interest of moving text in the content without prior detection of one or more characters within a moving text region and without training the searching algorithm, wherein the searching algorithm utilizes a first set of features and a second set of features to detect the region of interest with respect to a vertical axis and a horizontal axis of the display, respectively, and the first set of features is based on a peak point determined from averaged vertical edge signals;
• and
• correcting one or more visual artifacts in the region of interest, wherein the one or more visual artifacts include broken text.